globalisation L5 connected & detached places

Question 1

Why are placed Detached?

Answer 1

• landlocked
• isolated
• dodgy government
• previous colonialism

Question 2

What is the GII?

Answer 2

Gender Inequality Index:
— high scores = worse difference
- disparities in health, education, workplace

Question 3

What us the HDI

Answer 3

Human Development Index
- assess countries on standard of living & quality of life
- closer to 1 the better

Question 4

Connected vs Detached

Answer 4

Connected:
- good infrastructure
- being close to global shipping lanes
- good air travel access

Detached:
- landlocked
- low skill level, low literacy (Somalia)
- politically isolated (North Korea)
- lack of resources
- resources controlled by elite or TNCs (Sierra Leone)
- War, Civil War, rioting (Congo)
- highly vulnerable to climate change (Mozambique)

Question 5

South Sudan — Detached Place

Answer 5

• gained independence from Sudan in 2011
• in 1956 southerners assured of full participation in political system — Arab government went back on its promises
• struggled to form a viable governing system since
• widespread corruption, political conflict, and communal violence

**- extreme poverty
- oil based economy
- ongoing violence
- land locked
- lacks infrastructure
- environmentally fragile

median age: 18.6 years
literacy: 35%
education expenditures: 1.5% of GDP